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Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task of creating artwork on the subject of Houseplants. We have been so impressed by the variety of techniques used! From delicate watercolours to detailed pen and ink, pen and wash, and coloured pencil pieces, each submission captured the beauty of indoor plants in a unique way.
A special mention goes to Heather Kennedy for her superb watercolour painting of a pot plant. Elegantly done with beautiful attention to detail, scroll to the bottom of the page to see it!
Well done to everyone who took part. Your creativity continues to inspire and we hope our students artwork encourage our readers to pick up their brushes and give this subject a go too.
We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.
Pen and ink drawing with watercolour pencils and brush in my A5 size sketchbook. Ni NiHydrangea – Camellia – Primrose Jasmine Sumi-e Indoor Plants Ink/ Japanese Watercolour on Washi Paper Ozlem EI hope you are well. Please find enclosed Passiflora racemose which was my Grandma’s favorite plant. Ozlem EI know my drawing looks sad, but I’m enrolled in Steven Hersey’s Illustration course and I thought it would be interesting to do the drawing as the cover of a book about house plants. And don’t worry, my plants don’t look like that! AliciaWith watercolour on cold pressed A4 size watercolour paper. Ni NiPotted Plant 1: I began with the leaves and by the time I got to the pot, the plump porcupine had, miraculously, lost a lot of weight. Painted with 02 liner and Tombow brush pen markers. Still life drawing Linn Potted Plant 2: Painted with liners and watercolors. Trying out cool and warm colors, along with saturated and unsaturated, detailed and undetailed, just to see the effect on the design. Linn Potted Plant 3: Drawn with ink. Trying out a new nib. Image is made up, though I wish I had a plant like that. Linn This Dracaena fragrans is an offshoot of a now-deceased plant purchased from IKEA 20 years ago. I painted it in Cotman watercolours. I’ve just started the botanical art course and I know this work is not accurate enough, but I was interested to capture the shape and form. Hilarie SWith watercolour and also used white pen, wax and yellow pastel pencil on CP watercolour paper. I tried to set up still life small palm tree but my cat Sandi came. So, I included her also. Ni NiBlack ink pen and Faber-Castell pencils Tatsiana CFor this challenge I used dry watercolour pencils and gesso Nina PI decided to use watercolour instead of my usual coloured pencils. I do struggle with watercolour but I was quite pleased with the results for once. I’ve said it before , but feel my course is helping me so much, even though it is a different medium. Heather K
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These are all so beautiful!
Thrilled you love them Alicia!